1^ SEA yfOSSES. 



Callithamnion, etc. The Cyrloiwdia Brilnnnira mciuiuns 

 the fat I that it is distrilMitoI in IkmIs through the North 

 Sea and llniish Channel, fifteen to twenty miles 1 

 and yet not more than 600 feel wide. It is common 

 along all our shores, from New York northwar«l. It 

 grows, of course, in tleep water. Its fronds reach 

 up, at least, to the surface. 'Hie old fronds should 

 Ijc allowed to dr)* off a little Ix'fore mounting, but 

 the young ones, covered wjth hair^i, ma\ * floated 

 out in water. 'Hie long plants are Inrsl utspused of 

 by coiling up neatly on the sheet of mounting pa|>er, 

 and dr)ing in the usual way, under pressure. 'Iliey 

 seem to adhere well. 



Genus.— CIIORDARIA* Ag. 



ChoRPARIA FtAr:F.I.I.IFORMIS, Ac. 



The whipiash Chordana is found in bewildering 

 abuntbnce along our whole coast. It may be known 

 by its ver)' dark brown or cpiite bUick color, l>oth 

 in the water and on i>a|)cr ; and by its long, slender, 

 naked, mostly undivided branches, which sweep off 

 from all sides, an«l, in not ungraceful curves, over- 



• CbordarU s ConS-likc 



